I'd like to get some info about the group:how are they positioned compared to competitor?is there any quant work to be done there?Do they make money and how?Thanks in advance for any inputs!

never ever heard of base-salary of 150K euro for a junior!but after bonus ... definetely possible

<t>I doubt that there is such a thing as “more likely to succeed at gaining a PhD”. Doing a PhD is not passing an exam. You finish your PhD or you quit. I’ve seen 3 guys in my department finishing their PhD after having work experience. Usually, the tough part for them was not the research side but ...

Haha!

<t>function SPaths=GenPaths(S0,mu,sigma,T,NSteps,NRepl)dt = T/NSteps;nudt = (mu-0.5*sigma^2)*dt;sidt = sigma*sqrt(dt);RandMat = randn(round(NRepl/2), NSteps);Increments = [nudt + sidt*RandMat ; nudt - sidt*RandMat];LogPaths = cumsum([log(S0)*ones(NRepl,1) , Increments] , 2);SPaths = exp(LogPaths);an...

How about BCS? I heard they are trying to get bigger in US!

so we should all together ask for 350K!

any professional experience or internship?did you apply for a postdoc?

<t>You’ll make between 1M and 3M but what’s important is not your income, it’s how you spend it.Be a nice guy, make lots of friends, get a nice GF and spend a couple of years on a student payroll!Be a tough guy, date high maintenance chicks, get a beautiful apartment and catch up with the life you a...

I have a friend working in a fof and he's very happy with his job. Interesting projects, lots of autonomy. Drawback, there is lots of politics. People not doing shit but pretending to be important!

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: Fripchochi khoni06,no that s not at all what you said....... reread what you wrote:you said: "...the price of an American option is the Snell envelope of the payoff ..." which is wrongyou also said"...It's not a martingale ... " which is also wrong the correct diagram i...

check your pm!

I'm not sure I understand your question. Do you want to go to UK / US?Are you working with Marc Yor? Nicole? Giles?

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<t>he's not leaving. He's just going to start a new business whitin the bank.So both positions are in IB.But the team will be small at the begining and will expand depending on results.I'm concern about the type of work I would do in a prop desk having absolutly no experience in commodity. I don't k...